Chapter 11
This time, when she didn’t reply, he surprisingly felt that he had enough patience to wait. Even though the tactics were all over the place, and he felt shameless to the core when placed on any person he knew well, when placed on himself, Zhou Yinchu’s logic was self-evident, and he easily decided that it was no big deal.
The assistant poked his head in and asked, “Mr. Zhou, since Ms. Wen didn’t sell that pair of shoes then, do you still want to continue buying the thirty pairs you reserved?”
“Buy.”
“Just the same style?”
“Yes.”
Zhou Yinchu was a rigid person, he didn’t like any changes, that pair of shoes that fit his aesthetic he felt looked the best, then he would only buy the same style, any other fancy ones wouldn’t be able to apportion part of his attention.
Strangely enough, three years ago, he ran to a boring fashion show in order to socialize with people in his circle.
The high heels worn by the models suddenly captured most of his attention.
The clash and matching of red and black satisfied his worldly bit of thinking.
At that time, he was already thinking about how strange this pair of shoes would make him feel on her feet, but when she actually put them on that early morning, he had to admit that the feelings he casually glanced at were far more stunning than he had imagined.
She was born for that pair of shoes.
As Assistant Lin left, he reported up the words that Mother Zhou had instructed him to convey to his boss, yet Mr. Zhou still seemed to have no intention of preparing to listen.
He merely tugged his eyebrows slightly, leaving Assistant Lin with no way to find an opportunity to report on the matter.
He didn’t know what kind of powerful feud there was between this mother and son, so much so that the old boss basically preferred to be on his own when he returned to China, rather than associate with his mother, who didn’t have a low prestige in the industry, and Mrs. Zhou had tried to mend their mother-son bond a few times, but in the end, it was to no avail.
Zhou Yinchu, before he was ready to retire, temporarily broke his established schedule as the old boss again:
“Change tomorrow’s business trip itinerary for me, if the grassroots patrol, I won’t go over there myself, you go.”
The man whose extended planning never changed changed overnight, for the inspection: “You arrange a three-way video conference at that time.”
Assistant Lin realized that tomorrow was Friday again.
Some things were self-evident, he didn’t need to pursue them, nor could he.
And Friday was still daytime, arriving in the coastal city, Assistant Lin found that the location of Mr. Zhou’s video with them was already at the Ritz-Carlton, and his memory was still good, while favoring the backdrop of that old Moneywind Hotel was still fresh in his mind.
“Mr. Zhou, these are the several people in charge of the site site.”
And a mature assistant would never bring up issues that shouldn’t be involved, such as, how could Mr. Zhou appear outside the company on such a weekday.
Apparently, the person in charge of the local engineering group had mistakenly thought that the big boss was excessively busy, and that there were bigger construction projects waiting for the old boss’s personal travels, which was why he, the assistant, had been asked to come to the site to take over for him. Along the way, he didn’t know how many strips of Huazi had been stuffed into him, asking him to put in a good word in front of the old boss so that he could have a chance to come across some of the skinny on Mr. Zhou’s core industry.
Only Assistant Lin understood that his boss’s recent focus was not on developing his business territory.
This does not prevent him from this assistant’s due diligence responsible: “Above, is my understanding from the local situation, the completion of the first phase of the project, there are still some problems that need to be rectified, according to the current progress of the advancement of the progress, as well as we and the local government signed an agreement, the second phase of the project will be in the third quarter of this year formally started- -”
“Good, this project is entrusted to you to continue to promote.” Zhou Yinchu finished his words.
Despite how the local engineering team was showing their goodwill on the other end of the video, he still had a posture of not being the least bit satisfied.
The day of Friday came too fast, so fast that some women weren’t ready to deal with a good man.
The woman who is unable to fight is faced with the dilemma and helplessness of life.
She was still thinking about the following week when Chulchu went to Xin’an International, with the safety and convenience of a school bus that picks up and drops off on specific routes, and she was planning to talk to her mom about not wanting her old man’s battery-operated car to pick her up and drop her off in the future.
She thought her own mother would be relieved, but she didn’t expect her grandmother, who had learned the news, to frown.
“Doesn’t that school bus cost a lot of money, do you want to discuss it with the school, I just asked Mr. Li downstairs, he said that that international school is actually not that far away, and he rides a tricycle to it in less than an hour,” her mother took over the duties that didn’t belong to her, “I’m not too weak and I can still take Chuchu until he graduates from primary school-”
“Mom, all their schoolmates go on this school bus.”
“I also know that, in fact, nowadays, the traffic signals are getting more and more complicated, and I can barely understand them anymore, all relying on Che Che to teach me behind my back,” Mother froze in place for a moment, “Just suddenly don’t want me, this old woman, to pick up and drop off every day, and my heart is empty instead.”
It turned out that the mother was also afraid that she would lose her value all of a sudden.
Wen Ning soothingly told her to be relieved, patted his elderly mother’s shoulder, mentioned in passing: “If mom you still have energy, may as well come to my store to help more, look at the store I also rejoice in …… just as I also have a bit of time to study the next door to the district of the copious hand store, or I also want to think about how to engage in the cold chain, our family’s wontons can also be put online to sell off more.”
“Okay, okay.”
My mother’s face was no longer so sad, and her brows were no longer knotted, as if someone who couldn’t get used to living an idle life had finally found a job to contribute to.
“–As long as you need mommy, mommy will always come to help you.”
Wen Ning suddenly felt her nose turn sour.
The mother’s fondness for Chuchu was nothing more than love, it was because of her special care for herself, her daughter, that she wanted to take care of the next generation just like many of the older generation who went out of their way to take care of the next generation again.
Obviously, she herself was also suffering from exhaustion, but she did not want her daughter to suffer.
But thanks to her own mother’s compassion, Wen Ning had enough energy to maneuver with Zhou Yinchu, and she thought of many reasons to put him off.
To not go, there were a thousand excuses.
It was barely five o’clock in the evening, and she hadn’t even had time to eat dinner yet, and she was already daydreaming.
She couldn’t accept that she was distracted by another man all the time. She had been married and had her own children, and now that her husband was newly bereaved, shouldn’t she be thinking about how to take care of her children? But Zhou Yinchu was so shameless, he took advantage of this heart of his as a mother, and logically let himself go to another world of sin-
Recalling everything that happened that night in the hotel, how Wen Ning shook her head, some established images also waved away.
The man’s body, for example.
All those years, the scenery she hadn’t glimpsed was finally in full view in middle age.
He had lost his grip, and she had no shame.
When she was a little more awake and realized that the dream should have come to an abrupt end, Wen Ning took the initiative to contact the man.
The woman who is at a loss for words, in the spirit of the greatest ability, muster up the courage: [I want to pay back the money].
Wenning itself did not bite the bullet.
156521***34: [Are you sure?
Wen Ning revealed her heart in its entirety: [I think it’s immoral for us to be like that, so I think I should pay you back].
156521***34: [then you directly put 720,000 hit me on the industrial and commercial card, card number 6215 ******88]
The man did not immediately rebuff, but opened a nearly sky-high amount.
Wenning embarrassed: [I do not have that much on hand for the time being].
156521***34: [Then I don’t think Ms. Wen has any other choice today.]
The text message was still cold, Wen Ning was still doing her best to fight for herself: [Can’t you be a little more accommodating, I might be able to return it to you in installments].
156521***34: [Do you think that I still think that I don’t have enough bad debts on my hands?
Wen Ning was speechless.
What did those uncollectible rotten debts that came and went on his company have to do with her.
Although her reputation could not be said to be particularly good, she also had a score of over seven hundred on Sesame Credit.
Suddenly remembered that she once owed a hundred thousand dollars in favors, and thought about it, but also did not know the deep meaning of Zhou Yinchu said this sentence.
Wen Ning knew that it did not make sense, and would not even bother to say it.
The man on the other end of the cell phone has a strong attitude, but it is not for her to give their children to play this amount of tuition, the last time things may still talk about your feelings, but this time things are definitely a little too much.
The woman who was initially adamant that she was unwilling to go astray, to the point of no return, was at the moment contemplating something else.
Wen Ning: [So how many times do I have to go?
156521***34: [Just tonight.]
He answered succinctly, as if he couldn’t even bring himself to be interested after tonight either.
It’s not bad, at least you don’t have to bargain with the old man, Wen Ning realized that although Zhou Yinchu’s approach was unethical, he hadn’t repeatedly squeezed the residual value out of her with a hefty tuition fee like that, and what was only a one-time thing had become a lot less difficult.
If you look at the problem from a different perspective, she not only avoided the worry of insufficient tuition for some years to come, but also more or less from Zhou Yinchu to get some “fun”.
In the past, not married that will, He Mei has exhorted her to enjoy in time, but she has always behaved strictly guarded against death, and Li Yuanzhe hard before marriage and not half a bit of physical contact; but now, she has been married once, and is not for the male love to avoid as much as the ignorant girl, as if it is their own do not spend money, a rare experience.
Recalling Zhou Yinchu’s smelly face, leaving aside the smelly face, leaving aside even if, after all, that face, handsome or handsome.
Even without the clear teenage air, no one can deny his handsome.
In the evening Wen Ning sneaked back home, thinking about her dress for tonight, unfortunately, she started to prepare for it again.
The curtains in her room were drawn tightly, and only by hiding in the deep darkness did she feel less shameful about what she was doing. Faithfully rummaging through her closet of pajamas, she found a silk one purchased as a newlywed, and her fingertips suddenly paused there, caressing the softly textured neckline, only to find to her surprise that she was already able to envision whose aesthetic the nightgown fit.
The masculine aesthetic was singular, and she didn’t have to push it delicately to have a hunch.
But then, in a whirlwind, she was contemplating the fact that the idea of that nightgown, as a halter she had purchased for her own new husband as a newlywed, now being worn for another man was bottomless.
She couldn’t do it.
There was no way to completely turn her back on a relationship, even if her husband had died half a year ago.
In the end, Wen Ning rummaged through the dark compartments of the years of untouched nightgowns and found a black lace, the neckline is the same v-neck swing, not put on already feel the bottom of the scenery is infinite. She originally disliked this too unrestrained, she and Li Yuanzhe old married life does not need to show off the vulgar flavor.
But now, indeed very suitable, suitable for her and his unequal relationship, suitable for her twisted but to cater to the heart.
After that, there was not much else to think about.
She supposed he wasn’t so hard to satisfy.
He was particularly pleased with his own, having just swiped his room card, and before she heard the beep of the room about to be opened, the silent man had already opened the door early.
Once she was inside, the door was closed once again, cutting off her free breathing.
He liked the view from within her khaki trench coat, which, apparently, Zhou Yinchu, as a man in the midst of a gender relationship, did not care for.
Roughly, he swept himself all the way to the wooden chair directly beside his desk.
There was not a single superfluous word.
Sitting above his waist, having resisted, thinking about getting back into that bed, in the end and not knowing how to negotiate with this damned man, the conservative and old-school woman was thus tugged to the narrow stool, feeling her entire being surrounded and trapped in a solid embrace, and from the moment she entered this embrace, she realized that she could no longer escape.
At least, that was the case at the moment.
There was no separating for a while.
The legs and feet of the chair hit the soft, wireless carpet, making no dull sound but leaving a few deep or shallow scratches.
Not knowing exactly how long it had been, she seemed to finally catch a whiff of the fresh oxygen that still belonged to her surroundings.
“I haven’t eaten.”
No wonder, he was as hungry as he had become, she finally stabilized the steady rhythm of her breathing, and asked with her face averted, “You, then, would you like to go and have a meal first?”
The man gradually revealed a smile that was as shameless as he remembered, “There’s no rush.”